Now in its third season, Confessions Club has been winning over Fringe audiences for several years now, even snagging a Weekly Award at last year's 2025 Fringe Festival. As the title suggests, it takes on people’s deepest, darkest and wildest confessions and puts a burlesque spin on them. From consent to self-love, domination and desire, there is a wide range of discreet topics covered. And, with a cast of no less than 13 performers, at least 15 acts, and with a running time of an hour and forty minutes, the audience definitely got their money's worth from this show!

I wrote in a previous review that you don’t need a big cast to put on a good show. Confessions Club takes the opposite approach and gives you everything and more. I loved how this cast really looked to be enjoying themselves, with three group numbers demonstrating how hard they’ve been working on the show. With heavy-hitter burlesque stars in Winchester Angel and Ember Rose opening and closing the show, respectively, it seems that the producers knew what talent they had in abundance. My favourite act of the night had to be Petit Miam, going against type, with an unhinged burlesque performance and music that left the audience aghast. And, although I’m familiar with the burlesque community, some of these up-and-coming performers that I didn’t know of were an absolute treat to watch. Mira Moon and Duke Draper are stars to look for in the future, while the singing of Darcy Mae, Amy Valentine and Gigi von Ginger left me in awe. 

Of course, with such a long show, some parts needed tightening. Transitions sometimes were done in eerie silence, while a pre-recorded last act seemed to take away from the headliner, Ember Rose’s big closing number, and I think it wasn’t needed. Still, with such a vast array of established and new talents, I can’t really complain about the visual feast this sold-out crowd enjoyed. I have a confession…this show is fantastic!

****1/2 Four and a Half Stars